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I had the pleasure of working with and creating a professional head shot for a new real estate agent recently. Leigh Ann is transitioning into her new career as a residential real estate agent in the Raleigh area and had just recently passed the real estate exam. She was super excited about her new career and wanted to make a great impression with potential clients with a professional image on her business card and the website. We worked with her to choose the right background and outfit that would work well with the company business card color scheme and other places it would be used. I love working with real estate agents and being a small part of helping get their new careers off on the right foot!

Some nice images here that we created for client recently. This client needed a modern executive look, so we dropped in a digital background to give his images a nice crisp modern, corporate office look. This has been extremely popular lately with a lot of our clients, so we’ve made it an add on option to our normal business head shot offerings. Call us for more details if you like what you see and want something a little different! (919) 850-0492.

We had a gorgeous young lady come in recently who needed some professional business images and wanted the images with a little bit of a fashion look & feel to them, so what did we do? We broke out the large beauty dish (light modifier), changed to a fashion style lighting pattern, put up a nice high key background that was perfect for the occasion and outfit she had, threw in a flattering pose that worked well for the look she wanted, and there you have it – a gorgeous professional image with hint of fashion! (ok, well it’s not quite that simple) The client was super thrilled with the results. I love a creative challenge and being able to deliver exactly what a client wants when they have something specific in mind. It’s not the camera or the toys, it’s knowing how and when to use them. Love what I do!

Today I was photographing professional business head shots for a sales professional that works for a large company here in Raleigh. As we were discussing clothing options and the right expression for his image, he said he was already planning to come back in 6 months for an updated image. I was flattered but wasn’t sure why, so as we talked more he mentioned that he was planning to lose 40 lbs and get an updated image at that point.

Makes perfect sense. Any time you have a major change in appearance, you should consider updating your professional image that you use on on social media profiles such as LinkedIn as well as your business cards, website etc. Why? Good question, glad you asked. Regardless of whether you’re in a job search scenario, own your own business, or represent a company, chances are potential clients or employers will do a little research on you before deciding to do business with you or your company, or before deciding to interview you. What will they see? There is a very high probability they will see one or more of your social media profile images. So, what message will yours convey? What first impression will your image make for you? One sure way to create a bad first impression is to have a poor quality image or one that doesn’t represent how you currently look. Regarding the latter, when potential employers or clients meet you in person, and you don’t look like the image that represents you online, there is an immediate trust barrier that goes up, because in their mind, you misrepresented yourself. So if you’ve lost weight, had a significant hair style change, or any other changes affecting your appearance, you might want to consider updating you professional image.

An image we created for a local attorney recently who works in down town Raleigh. His firm http://www.klisheldreth.com/ practices in the areas of estate planning, wills, trusts etc. Sharp knowledgeable attorney, if you have a need for those services, I would highly recommend his firm.

William does lots of Linked In specific training for companies and individuals and knows the importance of having a good professional image online to represent your personal or corporate brand. We were going for something a little more contemporary / modern to update his professional image, so we went with a high-key background (lighter tone), but kept with the traditional male head shot pose. This combination works well together and he was more than pleased with the look. You can never go wrong with classic posing and lighting, even when mixed with more modern or contemporary looking backgrounds or settings.

An image we created recently for a high level executive that was looking for a slightly more modern, contemporary look. It was a fun shoot using a green screen and a little Photoshop work for the background, and I think it’s safe to say, we nailed it! Client was more than happy with the results. Love helping create a finished product that meets our clients vision.

What a pleasure it was working with Patricia on creating her professional business portrait. She’s a high level executive working on polishing up her personal brand online and knew that a professional business portrait was a key piece of the overall professional branding strategy.

Here are a few examples of some recent business portraits we created for clients. One client is a real estate broker, one a senior manager at Cisco and one a senior sales manager. Today professionals need business portrait for various reasons, but primarily to control their personal brand online. Whether you’re representing yourself in a job search scenario or your company to potential clients, most first impressions are made online via profile photos today. Everyone has a profile photo nowadays, the questions is: what does yours say about you? Clients we work with want to make sure they create a great first impression with a polished professional image that represents them appropriately. We love coaching our clients through all the subtle nuances & details required to help create a great professional portrait for them. Our clients use their professional images in a variety of places, but primarily on LinkedIn & other social media sites, company websites, business cards and ads, so we size and output our images appropriately for the specific intended use that each client needs.

Testimonials

Outstanding Senior Portraits

“Charles Dickens Photography is absolutely fantastic! My senior portraits were amazing and I will definitely be coming back in the future!! The photo session had a very relaxed atmosphere that made me comfortable and in turn produced lovely pictures!!!! It was definitely a great experience.”

Alex Anne Poole – Garner, NC

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“Charles Dickens Photography is absolutely fantastic! My senior portraits were amazing and I will definitely be coming back in the future!! The photo session had a very relaxed atmosphere that made me comfortable and in turn produced lovely pictures!!!! It was definitely a great experience.” Alex Anne Poole – Garner, NC

Outstanding Pictures

“Charlie did our wedding. Not only were the pictures beautiful, but I didn’t even know he was there. Some wedding photographers disrupt the weddings and receptions with their picture taking. Not Charlie. The pictures were outstanding!”

Michelle Pearsall – Wilmington, NC

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“Charlie did our wedding. Not only were the pictures beautiful, but I didn’t even know he was there. Some wedding photographers disrupt the weddings and receptions with their picture taking. Not Charlie. The pictures were outstanding!” Michelle Pearsall – Wilmington, NC

Great Experience

“Charlie, I can’t begin to tell you how absolutely beautiful the pictures of our wedding are and the quality is just amazing. Every time I look at the pictures I feel like I am experiencing the day all over again and that is truly a wonderful feeling to experience over and over again. I knew when we met you and Beth that this was going to be a great experience but I did not realize just how great it would be. You are an amazing photographer and your photographs look like they are Hollywood quality and way beyond professional. Thank you again for capturing on film one of the most important days of our lives! Thanks to you we can re-live our wedding story through your pictures forever!”

Jen & Anthony Alger – Raleigh, NC

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“Charlie, I can’t begin to tell you how absolutely beautiful the pictures of our wedding are and the quality is just amazing. Every time I look at the pictures I feel like I am experiencing the day all over again and that is truly a wonderful feeling to experience over and over again. I knew when we met you and Beth that this was going to be a great experience but I did not realize just how great it would be. You are an amazing photographer and your photographs look like they are Hollywood quality and way beyond professional. Thank you again for capturing on film one of the most important days of our lives! Thanks to you we can re-live our wedding story through your pictures forever!” Jen & Anthony Alger – Raleigh, NC

Absolutely Beautiful

“Hey Charlie! I absolutely LOVE the portraits of our family..we’ve been wanting to have a professional family photo for years..but have never had anybody capture “who we are” like you have done! The portrait of the girls and me is exquisite! and of course the portrait of Jim and Robbie just being themselves is amazing as well!! I can not thank you enough!!”

Deborah Shelton – Raleigh, NC

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“Hey Charlie! I absolutely LOVE the portraits of our family..we’ve been wanting to have a professional family photo for years..but have never had anybody capture “who we are” like you have done! The portrait of the girls and me is exquisite! and of course the portrait of Jim and Robbie just being themselves is amazing as well!! I can not thank you enough!!” Deborah Shelton – Raleigh, NC

Great Family Picture

“Our Christmas Gift from our children in 2008 was a family portrait. Twenty of us in our living room was a challenge for Charlie that he met with professionalism. With much patience, he arranged us to get a wonderful family group. The one of our ten grandchildren with our only granddaughter in the middle holding her son, our first great grandson was priceless.

I would certainly recommend Charlie for all your family events. Have seen his books on Weddings and other events that he has done and they are beautiful memories of those events. So call Charlie!!”

Harriette Harris Riggs – Raleigh, NC

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“Our Christmas Gift from our children in 2008 was a family portrait. Twenty of us in our living room was a challenge for Charlie that he met with professionalism. With much patience, he arranged us to get a wonderful family group. The one of our ten grandchildren with our only granddaughter in the middle holding her son, our first great grandson was priceless. I would certainly recommend Charlie for all your family events. Have seen his books on Weddings and other events that he has done and they are beautiful memories of those events. So call Charlie!!” Harriette Harris Riggs – Raleigh, NC

Perfect wedding pictures

“After meeting Charlie and seeing his work for the first time, we knew he would capture our wedding perfectly. We were never disappointed. Charlie was so kind and easy to work with when he took our engagement photos, and he was incredibly patient during the long day of our wedding. We were so pleased with the pictures, and we were so proud to show our friends and family. Even though years have passed since that day, those photos are so precious to us and we have Charlie to thank.

Charlie, there are so many things that impress us about you, the way you capture the image, the patience you have in working with people, and the final product is of such quality. You are worth more than money can buy. Thank you Charlie!”

Jason and Lindsay Patterson – Pilot, NC

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“After meeting Charlie and seeing his work for the first time, we knew he would capture our wedding perfectly. We were never disappointed. Charlie was so kind and easy to work with when he took our engagement photos, and he was incredibly patient during the long day of our wedding. We were so pleased with the pictures, and we were so proud to show our friends and family. Even though years have passed since that day, those photos are so precious to us and we have Charlie to thank. Charlie, there are so many things that impress us about you, the way you capture the image, the patience you have in working with people, and the final product is of such quality. You are worth more than money can buy. Thank you Charlie!” Jason and Lindsay Patterson – Pilot, NC

High School Graduation Pictures

“I had Charlie do my daughter’s high school graduation pictures and our family pictures. My biggest regret is that I didn’t use him for my oldest daughters graduation pictures and previous family pictures! He spent the time needed to get the exact photos we were looking for and he was always professional.

I will use Charlie for Weddings when the time comes as I know the experience will be excellent.”

Cecila Redding – Raleigh, NC

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“I had Charlie do my daughter’s high school graduation pictures and our family pictures. My biggest regret is that I didn’t use him for my oldest daughters graduation pictures and previous family pictures! He spent the time needed to get the exact photos we were looking for and he was always professional. I will use Charlie for Weddings when the time comes as I know the experience will be excellent.” Cecila Redding – Raleigh, NC